tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post9102399739660815167..comments2014-05-09T13:25:02.936-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: We've got competitionMartinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-77237055095923762212010-06-16T18:00:55.944-05:002010-06-16T18:00:55.944-05:00It&#39;s great to see another show like this out t...It&#39;s great to see another show like this out there, and also that it&#39;s in my state. I love having 2 shows to watch every week!jennlsnooopyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10084351633928888284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-77948095258471206832010-06-11T18:23:19.965-05:002010-06-11T18:23:19.965-05:00I liked the mentions of The Wire, as I am a big fa...I liked the mentions of The Wire, as I am a big fan of the show (and Omar is such a great character).<br /><br />And I read Earthly Powers a while ago, I have to admit I didn&#39;t like it all that much. I didn&#39;t remember there was an atheist character in it. Atheism was as far as we know a very rare thing during the Middle Ages, close to inexistent.Guillaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-48045600204905823952010-06-10T21:36:11.643-05:002010-06-10T21:36:11.643-05:00Awesome first show. A few volume issues on the cal...Awesome first show. A few volume issues on the callers, but great all around. It&#39;s not like AE is glitch-free after having over 600 episodes anyway... I will be looking forward to more episodes.<br /><br />Hey Mike... are you a troper? Aside from the atheists in fiction examples, I&#39;m pretty sure I caught you casually dropping a few Conversational Tropes... TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary, you know. ;pLurkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861722187567221950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33607403974913314112010-06-10T21:18:49.978-05:002010-06-10T21:18:49.978-05:00Thanks for the link, Russell. I just finished watc...Thanks for the link, Russell. I just finished watching the show and enjoyed it.<br /><br />&quot;Watch the credits all the way to the end...&quot;<br />- <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06865398618141711897" rel="nofollow">Matt D.</a><br /><br />Goat ropers from Austin? I&#39;d be afraid of getting gouged by horns or head-butted.<br /><br />Thanks for the show, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16366896974551157202" rel="nofollow">Libbie H.</a>. Give my regards to Mike. I hope you master the equipment so that future shows don&#39;t have audio feedback issues and that the volume on the callers can be raised.Kargonethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754868350469328271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-66812889745896780552010-06-10T16:37:00.097-05:002010-06-10T16:37:00.097-05:00I, for one, welcome our freethinking, anti-authori...I, for one, welcome our freethinking, anti-authoritarian overlords.arensbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251547886605570242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-11796523673553326812010-06-10T15:14:37.614-05:002010-06-10T15:14:37.614-05:00David,
Yes, there is an mp3 of the first episode ...David,<br /><br />Yes, there is an mp3 of the first episode on our official Facebook page. It should be up on our main site, www.askanatheist.tv soon as well.Mike Gillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814354630886440223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-83168038428958737692010-06-10T12:47:01.629-05:002010-06-10T12:47:01.629-05:00East Coast atheists?
Impossible.East Coast atheists? <br /><br />Impossible.George From NYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158111795024631345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-30302154912657365662010-06-10T11:07:34.844-05:002010-06-10T11:07:34.844-05:00Libbie and Mike, are there any plans on making a p...Libbie and Mike, are there any plans on making a podcast of your episodes? That&#39;s how I get my Atheist Experience and Non Prophets fix (or at least I did before the hiatus). I looked on iTunes, but didn&#39;t see it.<br /><br />Anyways, I live up in Snohomish, so &#39;hi&#39;. It&#39;s great to have a local group doing this.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906236189147171736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-46813445586220521222010-06-10T09:36:40.466-05:002010-06-10T09:36:40.466-05:00&quot;Now we need someone on the East Coast to do ...&quot;Now we need someone on the East Coast to do it as well!&quot;<br /><br />Yes we do! We have a large group of individuals in the DC area with CFI and Beltway Atheists making up just some of the groups.<br /><br />I would love to assist anyone working on such a project or maybe break out of my shyness and start something.Atheashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11548171934345156348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-77799387764323079802010-06-10T01:58:35.625-05:002010-06-10T01:58:35.625-05:00Good start! Will no doubt get better with time.Good start! Will no doubt get better with time.caribatheisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141510965594558342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-41120594381760599262010-06-09T08:45:27.259-05:002010-06-09T08:45:27.259-05:00About atheists in fiction, I think there are a fai...About atheists in fiction, I think there are a fair number, although they might not be in mainstream American TV series and movies. Literature certainly gave us many of them (I mentioned some before). Anybody saw Clouzot&#39;s Le Corbeau? Dr. Germain, the hero, is an atheist, he is not a very cheerful character but has strong moral ethos, while the believers are pictured as fearful hypocrits, sometimes very cynical (one of the characters says that he goes to Mass not because he is faithful but because he is careful, for instance, basically taking Pascal&#39;s Wager).Guillaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-43909323536585902692010-06-09T08:17:44.885-05:002010-06-09T08:17:44.885-05:00Matt sez:
&quot;Watch the credits all the way to t...Matt sez:<br />&quot;Watch the credits all the way to the end...&quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s Goat<i>Ropers</i>, right?Mark Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12082856602483276803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-25596466057778462472010-06-09T07:25:12.879-05:002010-06-09T07:25:12.879-05:00Bookmarked.
They don&#39;t seem jaded yet. It won...Bookmarked.<br /><br />They don&#39;t seem jaded yet. It won&#39;t take long, I think.JThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08881036419280903737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-68269803468012158482010-06-09T07:08:43.202-05:002010-06-09T07:08:43.202-05:00Wait, y&#39;all are Atheists? Y&#39;all don&#39;t ...Wait, y&#39;all are Atheists? Y&#39;all don&#39;t believe in nuthin?<br /><br />Sarcasm off. <br /><br />The day will come. Good luck and great show!Mark Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12082856602483276803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-44466969252795726192010-06-09T06:40:07.700-05:002010-06-09T06:40:07.700-05:00Now we need someone on the East Coast to do it as ...Now we need someone on the East Coast to do it as well!traciehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13375806982865487478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-24222242593199076942010-06-09T06:24:50.886-05:002010-06-09T06:24:50.886-05:00To all at Ask an Atheist; great first show, lookin...To all at Ask an Atheist; great first show, looking forward to many more.<br /><br />To all at The Atheist Experience: keep up the good work.Funkyzxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230060222726535433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-81843228855966971772010-06-09T02:08:24.214-05:002010-06-09T02:08:24.214-05:00holy cow! A show right in my backyard, and I find...holy cow! A show right in my backyard, and I find out about it via an abscure houston public access channel blog post.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />I&#39;m so bad at engaging in the local atheist groups, but to be fair, the only group I know of gets together on thursday nights which is difficult since I already have social gathering on thursday nights that isn&#39;t compatible.<br /><br />I was really disappointed with how little activity I was finding locally, considering how irreligious my area is. I guess I just wasn&#39;t looking very hard. It appears I wasn&#39;t looking hard enough.<br /><br />I want links, damn it! Because I&#39;m lazy!Uncle Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600693577938202517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-35051332185595687522010-06-09T01:13:40.433-05:002010-06-09T01:13:40.433-05:00It&#39;s great to see another show like the AE and...It&#39;s great to see another show like the AE and I enjoyed this very much. Dare I hope that with its smaller degree of popularity right now it will get more religious crackpot callers than the AE does these days?<br /><br />If I may add a little constructive criticism, it felt like both moderators were burning through their material a bit too fast. But I&#39;m sure you will get through the teething problems and I&#39;m excited to see more episodes.Strangelovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02873585969202391288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-89070172802793135672010-06-09T00:09:04.191-05:002010-06-09T00:09:04.191-05:00Will have to check these guys out, thanks for post...Will have to check these guys out, thanks for posting the clip.<br /><br />BTW, just finished watching ep 660 of AE and was disappointed that your most interesting caller, liberal Christian John from Austin, only got a few minutes...I do hope he calls back earlier next time so you can have a more deeper discussion...<br /><br />Also, nice smackdown of the ID guy, but seemed like you let him talk in circles a few too many times.JJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03373297787542059116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-56645761096566346062010-06-08T23:23:56.792-05:002010-06-08T23:23:56.792-05:00Who the hell would ever call a public access or In...Who the hell would ever call a public access or Internet atheist show? <br /><br />I mean, really.George From NYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158111795024631345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-27993583187728045992010-06-08T20:22:52.460-05:002010-06-08T20:22:52.460-05:00I feel we are missing one of the best examples of ...I feel we are missing one of the best examples of atheism in fiction: Jean Luc Picard.<br /><br />This is a guy who runs into MULTIPLE beings that claim godhood and treats them as petty annoyances. Then of course is the episode where an alien cargo cult starts up centring around him and he has to break it up. Awesome.<br /><br />Ben sisko MIGHT count seeing as how he not only met the closest thing in the trek universe to God but punched him right in the face.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504104993535302074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-28504576607228910742010-06-08T19:36:12.515-05:002010-06-08T19:36:12.515-05:00One thing I noticed from the 1st show is that you ...One thing I noticed from the 1st show is that you got no calls from rabid theists. It would be interesting to see how you handle calls like the one asking how we can take a shower without being electrocuted.<br /><br />Maybe with more exposure you&#39;ll start to get those.Kyle Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04569432667084294505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-1783228386085309322010-06-08T16:21:48.219-05:002010-06-08T16:21:48.219-05:00There&#39;s another one just started called the Le...There&#39;s another one just started called the League of Reason, it&#39;s on right before AETV and last week they got over 1500 live viewers at one point. Impressive.<br /><br />http://www.blogtv.com/People/LeagueOfReasongrammar kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013978337083600740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-43580894655156991752010-06-08T15:55:55.487-05:002010-06-08T15:55:55.487-05:00Much thanks for the props, guys!
I can&#39;t tell...Much thanks for the props, guys!<br /><br />I can&#39;t tell you how much the Atheist Experience has inspired our project. The producers, the crew and the hosts are all big fans of your show and we&#39;e thrilled that you guys have been so incredibly cool about us taking up your baton in the Seattle area. <br /><br />If any of you are ever in the Seattle area, consider it an opn invitation to appear as a guest.Mike Gillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814354630886440223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-65120996353469179932010-06-08T15:52:13.436-05:002010-06-08T15:52:13.436-05:00Glad you guys liked it! We had a great time worki...Glad you guys liked it! We had a great time working on it. With time and more experience, we hope to be as rad as you all.<br /><br />As for the theme of the show, I debated for a long time whether I should mention my favorite fictional atheist, Humbert Humbert. I decided he was maybe not the best guy to represent us, though.<br /><br />(This is the same Libbie, obviously...this is my pen name. Don&#39;t be confused.)Libbie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16366896974551157202noreply@blogger.com